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Working with couples, I have heard over and over numerous people tell me, “If I had known then what I understand now, I think we could have worked it out.” Why not take one more year when you feel you are at the end of your rope, and instead of ending it, work toward restoring your marriage?” You have nothing to lose, and possibly everything to gain. This article explains how. …

Just as pre-marital counseling helps secure first time marriages; it can also help secure re-marriages. Counseling helps the couple define the areas of struggle and provides healthier options to deal with them. Being divorced one time can happen, but if there is a second or third time, the problem may not be your ex. Look in the mirror and be honest prior to re-marriage. This article offers four tips to help you create a healthy marriage the second time around. …

Experiencing the seven-year itch is not a bad thing, but ignoring it, trying to sweep it under the rug, instead of dealing with it means your marriage has a greater chance of succumbing to the itch. Nothing is more important to your children than seeing their parents deal effectively with stress, conflict and prioritizing their marriage. This article offers excellent advice. …

True love outlasts all methods commonly used to help couples spark their relationship. In fact, the most important aspect of keeping true love alive is to prioritize it, be aware and grateful for your love, and continue allowing it to deepen. This Valentine’s Day, if you are treating your true love, then making time to celebrate your love is the most important thing you can do. This article offers suggestions. …

One out of two marriages fail, which leaves many people feeling alone, lost, and overwhelmed trying to piece their life together again. Sometimes well-meaning friends will tell you the quickest way to …

Divorce is painful and difficult. Therefore avoiding one and learning how to argue with your partner in a constructive way is important and beneficial for your marriage. This plan can save your marriage, but it cannot save it unless you actually commit and put time into the five steps. This article offers help with getting started. …

If you don’t nurture your marriage every day and prioritize it, the pressures life presents may be too much for it to be healthy and to last. Remember, marriage isn’t natural, but a healthy marriage is still the best way to raise secure, successful children and stay healthy. If you want a happy, healthy life, marriage is the way to go but, not without careful attention to your ability to communicate and nurture its growth. This article offers advice for cheat proofing your marriage. …

In dual income couples, the largest problem is finding the time, and therefore this statistic will most likely increase. If you don’t make time for sex and intimacy, or if you don’t prioritize your sex life, it will be replaced by other things that need to be done. Those other things may be important, but the intimacy and sexual connection within a relationship is the number two reason for marital discord. Number one is communication. Usually in a failing relationship the communication becomes talk about why we aren’t having sex. This article offers suggestions. …

Every healthy happy married couple I know has had bad years. It is normal; it is to be anticipated. I would be nervous about marrying anyone who wasn’t open to talking about how to handle the difficult times prior to becoming my partner. Marriage is a lifestyle. It is an incredible shared journey with another person. That person will be your teacher, lover, best friend, worst friend, and co-parent. They deserve the best of you, the worst of you, and the truth of you. It’s not about being married “Happily ever after,” it’s about being married “Authentically ever after…and finding the happiness in that.” This article offers help in saving your marriage. …

I don’t think the question is, “Can women have it all?” I think the question is, “Will I know it and appreciate it when I have it all?” There is a consequence for every behavior, and weighing the cost of the pros and cons of each choice is a better way to teach women what having it all involves. For more suggestions in regards to “Can women have it all” read this article. …

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